Halsey Minor, Grand Central CEO and Founder, to Keynote at SIIA's 2005 Information Industry Summit

Halsey Minor, Grand Central CEO and Founder, to Keynote at SIIA's 2005 Information Industry Summit

NEW YORK, Feb. 1 -- Grand Central Communications, the leading provider of Integration On Demand solutions announced today that Halsey Minor, its chief executive officer, chairman of the board and founder will be featured as a keynote speaker at the Information Industry Summit, an executive conference produced by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). The event, which draws executives from throughout the information industry, will explore all aspects of generating revenue from content and will provide valuable networking opportunities.

What: Information Industry Summit, an executive conference produced
by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).

Where: This exclusive conference will be held February 1st and 2nd at
Gotham Hall in New York.

When: Halsey Minor will present the keynote luncheon on Wednesday
February 2, 2005 from 1:00 - 1:30.



"We are honored that Halsey Minor is able to keynote at the IIS," stated Jeff Cutler, General Manager of SIIA's Content Division. "I am certain that attendees will be interested in hearing his valuable perspectives on how the industry has changed and what types of innovative ways they are making money on content in this market."

This is the fourth annual Information Industry Summit. Previous events have been sold out at the Union League Club, and the venue has been moved to the newly-renovated Gotham Hall to provide an opportunity for more people to attend this industry-leading event.

For more information about the 2005 Information Industry Summit, visit www.siia.net/iis/2005/

About SIIA

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 600 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit http://www.siia.net/ .

About Grand Central Communications

Grand Central Communications provides Integration On Demand(SM) solutions to a community of customers, partners and developers through its award-winning, subscription-based Business Services Network. Enterprises can easily integrate and share applications, data, and processes throughout the extended enterprise, without installing, maintaining, or supporting costly hardware or software. By offering integration as an on demand service, Grand Central dramatically increases the success and eliminates the risk of business integration, providing a better alternative to complicated, lengthy, and expensive traditional software deployments.

Grand Central's market-changing approach has received significant recognition in the industry, including InfoWorld's Technology of the Year Award for the "Best Web Services Integration Solution" for 2004 and 2005, an Excellent rating from InfoWorld Test Center labs, the 2004 Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Differentiation Innovation, the AlwaysOn 100 (AO100) Award two years in a row, the 2004 Red Herring 100 Award, the Readers Choice Award from .NET Magazine, Two Thumbs Up from Web Services Journal Product Review, and the 2003 Comdex "Iron Chef" Web Services Competition Award.

The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Call 1-800-845-4313 or visit www.grandcentral.com for more information.

CONTACT: Suzanne McCormac, Director Corporate Communications of Grand Central Communications, +1-415-344-3160, or suzanne@grandcentral.com.

PRNewswire -- Feb. 1


Source: Grand Central Communications

Web site: http://www.grandcentral.com/


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